Widespread, multi-source glacial erosion on the Chukchi margin, Arctic Ocean

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 92, Issue , 2014, Pages 112-122

  Dove, Dayton ^a   Polyak, Leonid ^b   Coakley, Bernard ^c  

^a BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Arctic Ocean; Chukchi Sea; Glacigenic bedforms; Marine geophysics; Quaternary glaciations; Submarine geomorphology

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; EROSION; GEOPHYSICS; SEA ICE; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BEDFORMS; CHUKCHI SEA; MARINE GEOPHYSICS; QUATERNARY GLACIATIONS;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BEDFORM; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEBRIS FLOW; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; GLACIAL EROSION; GLACIAL HISTORY; GLACIATION; ICE MARGIN; ICE SHEET; ICE SHELF; ICEBERG; LINEATION; RESEARCH VESSEL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; CHUKCHI SEA; CHUKCHI SHELF;

EID: 84900425020     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.07.016     Document Type: Article

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